Why on earth would James be gone. He's not in the side for his meters. He's good in defence, leads line speed and can pass the ball which is what we have missed since carrigan left. He's the link man.
They just don't know football. Having a middle who can shift the ball, find the front early and get a quick ptb and tackle is great. He's not elite any more but he did a job tonight in lieu of carrigan which was great!
Gamble is one of our worst defenders.
They won't change an established edge forward and run new combinations at this time of the year. Rikki was woeful tonight but they will be working with him, not dropping him to qcup.
I agree, he’s lucky he’s been able to just tread water most the season and saved his worst for so late that it’s tough to replace him.
Gamble is fine in the middle tbh, he struggles with the faster edge runners more defending as a half.
They won't play kobe and Gamble in the same side unless we have another big middle forward like carrigan.
they have done it twice before.
During origin I think? I don't think there were many options. One week we had 12 out
Titans game as well.
Yes so 2 games during origin because they were in camp the week before. I don't think they had an option. I agree though they seem to go better with gamble in the side
Yeah surely Paix is held in higher regard then what Turpin just dished up. He even let in a identical try to what presumably got Paix dropped
we choose to take them out but not them, and they generally play way better against us then the rest of the league because we are like their grand final.
Maybe his poor discipline? That stood out. He was pretty good otherwise, well, average anyway. He did the job, nothing flashy, what he's paid to do and he met expectations.
Going from his interview with David Mead before the season started he's a bit like Corey Oates in admitting he wasn't putting in earlier on. Which suggests to me he's someone who needs a bit of a kick in the arse occasionally. His errors last night weren't down to effort though, and his defence has been solid all season. It's more that he's been offering less in attack than we expect from him, and a clear step down from Capewell on the other edge. He's also far less threatening with the ball in hand than TC Robati, who's quite underrated on this board. Though from memory, I think he tends to play the other side.
Totally agree..and last night so unconvincing…yes you take any win ,particularly at the back end of season but with all 8 capable of beating each other (with Broncs being the exception..) just don’t want to be cannon fodder come finals. If can hold on till PC gets back and Reno’s ribs hold then maybe only maybe..
